Sewing-machine attachment



P. OLSON. SEWING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 15, 1896'.

ATTORNEY" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

P ER OLSON, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,652, datedSeptember 15, 189a.

Application filed April 1 1, 1 89 6.

T 0 (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PER OLSON, a citizen of the United States, residingat Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Quilters; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to sewing-machines, and is an attachment providingmeans for regulating and giving a uniform width to the seam of thegarment sewed; and it consists in the peculiar arrangement, combination,and construction described and shown.

Figure 1 is an elevation of an end of the sewing-maehine provided withmy invention. Fig. 2 is an oblique longitudinal section of theattachment. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section.

In the drawings, 1 is the machine-head; 2,

the garment being sewed 3, the needle; 4, the

presser-foot; 4, the bar carrying the presserfoot, and 5 a rod securedto the presser-foot rod 4: by the clamp 6, so as to extend at rightangles therefrom and be held in arigid position thereto. scale 5. 9 isahub on the rod 5, and is adapted to move along the rod as desired andto be clamped thereto by means of the set-screw 12 in the collar 9 ofthe hub. This hub 9 carries a loose ring 8, having secured thereto andextending laterally therefrom a guide-bar 10, having a foot 11 extendingaway from the rod 5, the foot being curved up at its toe so as not to beeasily engaged by a garment on the bed of the machine.

In the drawings I have shown this foot connected to'a right-angle arm 10of the guiderod 10. The object of this will be explained later.

In order to hold the ring 8 upon the hub 9, I provide a screw-threadupon the inner end of the hub 9, adapted to receive the nut 7, and

thereby hold the ring upon the hub. It being desirable that the ring 8should be loose on the hub, and in order that it may not be clampedthereto by the nut 7, I provide a washer 8 be- This rod 5 I provide witha Serial No. 587,089. (No model.)

tween the ring and the nut. This also prevents the nut from beingloosened as the ring 8 is turned.

The object of my invention, as previously stated, is to provide meansfor giving a uniform width to the seam. It is obvious that by adjustingthe hub 9 on the rod 5 the foot 11 may be made to approach or recedefrom the presser-foot 4. The foot 11 rests upon the bed of the machineand is for the purpose, as is obvious, of preventing the cloth frompassing farther to the right of the needle.

I When a narrow seam is required, the hub is loosened and shoved alongthe bar 5 toward the foot 4., and when a very narrow seam is required,in order that the need1ebar may not strike the guide-bar, I form in itthe right angle 10 mentioned, thus drawing the bar away from the head ofthe machine with the foot underneath it.

The gage 5, being upon the top of the bar 5, is always in view andenables the operator to regulate the seam to the desired width.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A seam-guide for sewing-machines comprising a rod adapted to beclamped in a horizontal position to the presser-foot bar above thepresser-foot by means of a clamp, and having a gage upon its uppersurface, a sleeve upon the rod adapted to be moved longitudinallythereon and to be clamped thereto in any position desired by athumb-screw, the sleeve carrying a loose ring and means for securing thering on the sleeve so that it may be turned thereon, and a depending rodcarried by the ring and extending to the machine-bed, and a curved footcarried on the right-angle extension of the depending rod, the extensionbeing toward the presser-foot, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a seam-guide for sewing-machines, the combination with a rodadapted to be clamped in a horizontal position to the presserfoot barabove the presser-foot, and means for clamping the same, a scale uponthe surface of the said rod, a sleeve adapted to be moved longitudinallyon the bar and clamped thereto as desired, and means for clamping it asdescribed, of a ring loose on the sleeve, a nut and washer adapted toengage the sleeve and hold the ring loosely thereon,. 2t depend- Intestimony whereof I affix my signature ing rod carried by the ring, acurved foot on in presence of two Witnesses. the end of the rod adaptedto rest upon the PER OLSON bed of the machine, the foot connected to an7 extension of the rod between the rod and the Vitnesses:

presser-foot, substantially as and for the pur- J. F. OKEEFE,

pose set forth. ALFRED MALMBERG.

